Clos du Bois 2009 chardonnay review

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LET’S GET READY TO RUMMM-BLLLLE!!!! Today we continue our special California chardonnay week by reviewing the Clos du Bois 2009 chardonnay, which will cost you $12.

Bias alert! I’m doing this series because I don’t generally like California chardonnays — so if I can recommend one, it’s probably good enough for most people. I am not a normal, impartial judge of this kind of wine.

Et tu, Clos du Bois? This is the THIRD DAMN California chardonnay I’ve auditioned this week, and I can’t find one that I would buy again. What’s up, ladies and gentlemen? I guess I am just too cheap and too optimistic, as I have now tried chards priced at $11, $8, and $12.

What I got here was an aroma of “standard California chardonnay,” and a taste of — this was a shocker — “standard California chardonnay.” Admittedly, it tastes cleaner than Bogle or Kendall-Jackson. In fact Clos du Bois is not horrible, and does not slap you with grimace-producing chemical flavors, but the problem is, there’s just no reason to keep drinking it. Pale yellow in color, it had notes of oak, butter, grilled pears, broasted pineapple . . . oh who cares? Life is meaningless!

(Sorry about that.) And check this out: after 3 days in the fridge, this chardonnay transformed into some kind of flavored water. Monday night, when first opened: blah chardonnay. Thursday afternoon: yellow sports drink. I’m having some right now. Nothing. It’s vaguely buttery, and has a light spice. Whatever.

Looks like we’re going to have to up our game ﻿﻿﻿for the next California wine that we audition﻿, ladies and gentlemen. CHOO CHOOOOOOOOOOO!! Here come the PAIN TRAIN, YO. As I commence a 2nd mortgage application on my house to purchase our next contender, today’s ordinary $12 California chardonnay is: